26 Apr 2010

Morning ladies sorry for my lack of blogging over the weekend Blogger has been a real pain and I have hardly been able to get on here , still I'm on here now so let me tell you about this weeks challenge over at Die cut Dreams challenge blog the theme this week is make your own flowers on your creation.Here's my DT creation for this weeks , I used 2 of my new Tilda stampsBut I didn't colour Tilda as I wanted the flower to be the star of the show and didn't want Tilda to steal the limelight coz she's so pretty and even without colour.This flower I cut twice with my Tim Holtz die then I ran it through the paper cripper back and forth a few times to soften the card then I screwed them up and flatted them out and inked the edges with Tim Holtz inks in (colours; Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet)Then I soaked them in Cherry Blossom coloured Tattered Angels Glimmer mist and dried them with my heat gun.next I stamped the petals with the Victorian Velvet TH distress ink and a WoJ flourish stamp.Once they were completely dry I turned them over and on the back using a large embossing tool I made them curl back by making circular motions on each petal while pressing down onto an embossing mat when all the petals were curled in I turned them the right way up and made circular motions with the tool in the middle of both flowers so they were really nicely shaped I then glued them together.I added some chunky glitter and the giant pearl button and there you have it ........Other things I used ;New Magnolia Flying Tilda & Background sparkle stampsSentiment stamp from Stamping all dayTim Holts Distress inksDie cuts from my shop Die cut DreamsCuttlebug embossing folderRibbons from MayArtsSwirl clip from Hot off the pressPink clip from Rob & BobGlitter on wings is ultra fine transparent colour Art GlitterChunky glitter on flowers was a gift from my friend Lori in Canada (Thank you sweetie xx)I have entered this card into the following challengesCupcake craft challenge Don't be SquarePolly Crafts make your own flowersHope Stamps Eternal Challenge colour inspirationJust Magnolia challenge Anything goesMagical crafts Challenge Something for girlsOne stitch at a time Challenge flowersCreative card crew challenge Happy BirthdayOur creative corner challenge BloomsSimon says challenge Things with wingsThe Secrete Crafter challenge DistressingCraft challenge Pink & BrownPaper play challenge No Patterned paperCrafty creations challenge DistressingBizzy Becs Challenge Flowers & WingsSpoonful of Sugar challenge Happy BirthdayI hope you have a great day, Back later to announce my first candy girl , the second one I will announce tomorrow

Hi Susie,OMG girl that flower is awesome - I'm not sure I would have the patience to do all that but this is fabulous. I love the way you have done Tilda too, those sparkly wings are gorgeous.HugsDawn xx

hi Susieyou aint half put that flower threw the mill... lol.. but it looks brill for it...!!! i think mine would have dropped to bits if i tried that lot... lol... and brill tilda image... i so love tilda stamps...!!!! and good luck with your challenge... now that was some amount of challenge you hit with this creation...kaz_za